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THORIN

Maritime detention · Shadow fleet · Person of interest · Sanctioned entity

THORIN is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below.

Type	Vessel				[sources]
Name	IZUMO PRINCESS · THORIN · Thorin				[sources]
Build Date	2007-03-01				[sources]
Call Sign	`9LU2038`				[sources]
Deadweight Tonnage	105374				[sources]
Description	The tanker during the period of the G7 and EU oil embargo and the price cap policy on russian crude oil/petroleum products is involved in the export of russian crude oil/petroleum products from russian ports in the Black Sea, Baltic Sea, and Pacific region using deceptive practices (disabling AIS, conducting dark activities near russian ports in the Azov Sea, in the Kerch Strait area). The international NGO Greenpeace refers to the tanker as part of the shadow fleet of tankers that transport russian oil around the world and threaten the environment. On May 20, 2025, the EU imposed sanctions, which enter into force on May 21, 2025, on the tanker for the transportation of crude oil/petroleum products originating in or exported from russia, using irregular high-risk shipping practices as specified in the International Maritime Organization General Assembly Resolution A.1192(33). On June 03, 2025, the sanctions imposed by Switzerland on the vessel came into force. On June 17, 2025, the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on the tanker in connection with the carrying crude oil/petroleum products that originated in russia from russia to a third countries.				[sources]
Flag	Greece · Panama · Sierra Leone				[sources]
Gross Registered Tonnage	55909				[sources]
IMO Number	`IMO9330472`				[sources]
MMSI	`667001235`				[sources]
Past Flags	Cook Islands · Cyprus · Greece · Panama				[sources]
Previous name	Izumo Princess				[sources]
Type	20 · Oil Tanker · Oil tanker				[sources]
Source link	eur-lex.europa.eu				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-09	Last processed	2025-10-22	First seen	2025-05-20

Descriptions

Transport crude oil or petroleum products that originate in Russia or are exported from Russia while practicing irregular and high-risk shipping practices as set out in the International Maritime Organisation General Assembly resolution A.1192(33)

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2025-06-03

Article 4x(2), point (b): transport crude oil or petroleum products, as listed in Annex XIII, that originate in Russia or are exported from Russia while practicing irregular and high-risk shipping practices as set out in the International Maritime Organisation General Assembly resolution A.1192(33)

— EU Council Official Journal Sanctioned Entities, 2025-05-20

Shipping sanctions: a specified ship is prohibited from being provided with access to or having its master or pilot cause it to enter a port in the UK, may have its registration on the UK Ship Register terminated, and a master or pilot of a specified ship may be given a port barring direction, a detention direction, and a port entry direction or a movement direction.

— UK FCDO Sanctions List, 2025-09-15

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
-	Tokyo Memorandum of Understanding		2021-10-25	2021-10-26

Linked from
Subject	Role	Start date	End date
Marine Guardian Shipmanagement Person of interest	security_manager	2024-04-09	-
Lloyd`s Register (LR)

Owner
Name	Country	Legal form	Status
Noble Sphere Corp	Seychelles	-	-

Owners
Owner	Percentage held	Start date	End date
Noble Sphere Corp Person of interest	-	2024-04-09	-

Data sources

Tokyo MoU Detention List8,042

Ships detained by Port State Control (PSC) authorities within the Tokyo MoU region.

Global · Tokyo MoU

EU Council Official Journal Sanctioned Entities2,532

Supplemental list of people, companies, and organizations sanctioned for involvement in Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

European Union · Council

UK FCDO Sanctions List5,964

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

Ukraine War and Sanctions5,286

Sponsors and accomplices of Russian armed aggression against Ukraine.

Ukraine · GUR

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes7,754

Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it's embargoes

Switzerland · SECO

Source data IDs: ua-ws-00ac737415ae900d1ceb6287a6cab2281491827a · ua-ws-vessel-1020 · NK-Dz3JFybBt4u8uwvkvr4xTg · eu-oj-66ba692118c8eb05743a0d091fc7da0f33b26f6d · tok-mou-det-0139b2daec10310d5e05851c48f1bc4d8ab9519d · gb-fcdo-rus2762 · ch-seco-91691

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